How could anyone other than its mother call that aircraft beautiful?
What's the story of the livery in the third photo - the small BEA square?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've always thought of the Vanguard as a functional but pleasantly attractive looking beast. Definitely nothing frilly and feminine but nicely proportioned in a solid sort of way IMHO. And you can't beat that sound. Darts screeched, Allisons were nice but the Tynes had class.
As Zooker said - even the radios had an unmistakable sound with those big Rollers vibrating through the mic.
Never flew in one (got to fly in a CL-44 with 4 Tynes so I think I get the idea) but lived near, spent all my spare time at and eventually worked at LHR for a while during the Vanguard days so am more than familiar with them.
As for the small BEA square on the tail that was the original version of the red square livery until someone at BEA woke up to the fact it looked silly and unbalanced like that.